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“Great. I’ll get everything arranged with the government and get a border conference room reserved,” Tensen said. “It’ll likely take a month or so before we get a date.”

Because Gray was an unclaimed omega, he wasn’t allowed outside the Omega Quad. Rohan, being an alpha, wasn’t allowed in. Hoops had to be jumped through in order to make a meeting like that happen, so Gray knew it would likely be a few weeks before he’d meet the alpha.

“Perhaps you could come for tea one afternoon if you’re feeling up to it?” Gray asked Jamie.

Jamie nodded excitedly. “I would love to. I have an appointment the week after next—on Thursday afternoon—and the office isn’t far from here. I could stop in after, if that works?”

“It’s a date,” Gray answered.

Jamie took Gray’s hand and squeezed it. “Thank you.”

“I haven’t made any decisions yet,” Gray murmured.

“I understand… but you didn’t give a decisive no, either. I’ve heard a lot of no’s in the past weeks…” He paused, a shine to his eyes that was only eclipsed by the warmth of his smile that came after. “I appreciate your willingness to keep an open mind more than you could ever know.”

Gray gave Jamie’s hand another squeeze. “I’ll see you next week.”

“Next week…”

“I’ll give Jamie your information,” Tensen said. “If that’s okay?”

Gray nodded as he pulled his bag across his body. “Perfect. I really need to get home to the boys. They’ll be getting home from school soon.”

After a couple of quick goodbyes, Gray headed out of the solicitor’s office feeling a lot less nervous, but with much to think about. His nephew hadn’t wanted him to become a surrogate, and he understood why. The bond between omega and child was strong, and to sever that, handing a child that had grown within his womb to another—it could be devastating.

But his nephews were all he had left.

But Jamie? Jamie’s own life was uncertain, and if Gray did this, he could be putting a child into the same situation his nephews were in now. He was still reeling from the loss. Silver and Gilead had been so young. The accident had come as such a shock to them all. One day, they were all one big happy family. The next their hearts had been ripped out; a family shattered.

Neither Silver nor Gilead had expected to pass so soon. They’d saved some for the nest egg down the road, but youth is the ultimate foil. Silver had only been forty-two. His alpha was only a few years older. They hadn’t truly prepared anything for the day they’d ultimately die—leaving a ten, thirteen, and nineteen-year-old behind.

And neither Gilead nor Silver and Gray’s parents still lived. All had been older when the alpha and omega had been born and had passed on due to failing health and old age in the years leading up.

They’d all gone to too many funerals over the years.

And he didn’t want to be involved in another. Already the thought of Jamie passing made him uncomfortable. Jamie’s health was a major concern, but he also felt compelled by how desperate the omega was to bring new life into his fading one.

What if he conceived and Jamie never made it long enough to witness that babe come into the world? Was he to hand over an infant to a grieving alpha, knowing that man was likely breaking inside? Should he condemn a child to live in a world with a papa lost and a father shattered?

The omega-alpha bond was strong. If one passed, the other was left devastated. It was just the way of things. And there were some cases, usually with older couples, where if one passed, the other was not much longer for the world. The pairing was a matched set, fated by the gods. They were bound in life and in death.

Jamie was young… a few years younger than himself. That youth could bring him more strength to truly fight the battle and survive. Over the weeks, they’d hopefully know one way or the other.

He knew he had more questions than answers.

And there was plenty of time to make a decision once he had more facts.

His gut told him he wanted to give Jamie what the omega wanted.

Let’s wait until after I meet Rohan. Then I can make a decision if I’ll continue to consider becoming their surrogate.

Gray stepped onto a passing trolley moments later and headed toward home.

Chapter Five

The coming heat…

“You take your dose yet?” Gray asked Avery as he swept into the kitchen to set a kettle on the fire the following morning.

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